The 1619 Purchase of Africans- A Dutch ship sold 20 Africans to Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. The 1659 importation of Negro slaves and their March 1661-62 lifetime servitude status laid the cornerstone for the institution of slavery.
Creator-Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911-Artist
Ships-Dutch-Virginia, Jamestown-1610-1619
Slaves-Virginia-Jamestown-1610-1619
Date Depicted 1619
Source-Harper's Magazine
Virginia legislators revised English common-law, so "Negro women's children to serve according to the condition of the mother", which established the institution of slavery in Virginia.
Rape of a slave woman-A 'trespass' against the
master's property throughout the slaveholding colonies.
The "Headright" System-Under the "headright" system each person who paid the cost of his own trans-Atlantic voyage or the voyage of others received a land grant of 50 acres per head for each person transported.
Barack Obama-The 1st African-American and the 44th President of The United States.
